Maxent travel guide
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Visit Maxent: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Maxent is situated in the Ille-et-Vilaine department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 30 km from Rennes, the department capital. (General information: Maxent is 338 km from Paris and 433 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Paimpont at 11 km from Maxent
Popular places to visit near Maxent: these include Paimpont at 11 km and Rennes at 30 km.
Jardins de Broceliande is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Le Rheu is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 22km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Maxent, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Maxent
See France This Way travel guides for Ille-et-Vilaine and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Maxent.
Note that all distances from Maxent shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Maxent holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Maxent (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Brittany and Ille-et-Vilaine gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Maxent and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins de Broceliande (14km) : Parc du château de Caradeuc (35km) : Jardin des fontaines et parc de l’Athanor (41km) : Jardins du château de la Bourbansais (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Le Rheu (22km) : La Gacilly (25km) : Chartres-de-Bretagne (25km) : Cesson-Sevigne (35km) : Rochefort-en-Terre (39km) : Saint-Juvat (41km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Rennes (30km) :
Map of places to visit near Maxent & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Maxent
Canton: Plélan-le-Grand
Arrondissement: Rennes
Department: Ille-et-Vilaine
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 35380
Distance to Maxent
from Rennes: 30 km
from Paris: 338 km
from Calais: 433 km
from Nice: 863 km
from Bordeaux: 367 km
from Strasbourg: 726 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Maxent): Bovel, Campel, Loutehel and Plelan-le-Grand.
Getting here
Ille-et-Vilaine is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car with the cross-channel ferry port at Saint Malo keeping driving time to a minimum. For driving distances to Maxent from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Maxent